# Central PA Dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935 "2004-04-02T18:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/301 "2004-06-05T13:08:01Z")
I have a 6-quart crock pot, if we need it for reheating chili (but if someone’s chili eats a hole through the ceramic crock, then _someone_ owes me $50.00 🙂 ). Just post here if you think I should bring it. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/302 "2004-06-05T15:02:27Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > I might have missed it, but there will be means available to re-heat food? I’d rather make chili the night before, rather than the wee earlies the day of… > > I have a large styrofoam cooler which holds at least 2 30-packs and ice (it’s the softball team cooler) that I may be able to bring if necessary. Might work out well for food. We have electric service available at the pavilion, and I’m bringing cords, so you can plug in whatever you’d like, excepting the posts by **DocCathode** on the previous page. 😉 A propane grille will also be available-it has a side burner in addition to the main cooking surface. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/303 "2004-06-05T16:14:31Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Am I authorized to give that word, or do I have to fill out forms, in triplicate, and turn them into Ms. Robyn? > > [sort of like this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198781/quotes) > Robyn: Hello, Casey. Fun-filled evening planned for tonight? > Casey: Well, as a matter of fact… > Robyn: Then I’m sure you filed your paperwork correctly, for once. > [Casey smiles innocently] > Robyn: Your stunned silence is very reassuring Nah. If you’ve been reading the Pit, you’ll see that I don’t want to have anything to do with any forms ever again. Robin ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/304 "2004-06-05T17:57:43Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > but if someone’s chili eats a hole through the ceramic crock, then _someone_ owes me $50.00 🙂 Now who really puts absinthe in chili these days since Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/305 "2004-06-05T17:58:54Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Now who really puts absinthe in chili these days since Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died? Dude, ix-nay on the ecret-say ecipe-ray! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/306 "2004-06-06T01:26:32Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > PHEW! Saved by my uglysleep! Having met you, I have only one thing to say: PFFFFT! If’n you weren’t attached and if’n you were attracted to very, very large men, I’d be looking for a secluded copse of trees to drag you into. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/307 "2004-06-06T08:09:40Z")
I am still planning to bring **Polycarp** and **Skulldigger** with me, for the fest. I am mostly posting this so that those of you wondering will know that he has not been online for a bit, and expects not to have the Internet available until perhaps July, or later. (More of the same reasons as the last time he was not with us for a while.) Prayers can’t hurt. Tris ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/308 "2004-06-06T13:06:52Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Triskadecamus_ > More of the same reasons as the last time he was not with us for a while.) I am perhaps dense, stupid or forgetful (take your pick), but why was he away before? I got no problem with praying, but I do like to know what I’m praying about. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/309 "2004-06-06T14:51:24Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > I am perhaps dense, stupid or forgetful (take your pick), but why was he away before? I got no problem with praying, but I do like to know what I’m praying about. Norine, check your e-mail. Robin ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/310 "2004-06-06T17:32:30Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > I am mostly posting this so that those of you wondering will know that he has not been online for a bit, and expects not to have the Internet available until perhaps July, or later. (More of the same reasons as the last time he was not with us for a while.) > > Prayers can’t hurt. Someone in a position of power (Cecil, I’m lookin’ yer way) should really have a talk with The Main Upstairs\*. Maybe with some brass knuckles or something. It is striking that a man of his education and overall skill is struggling. [sub]Hey, Man Upstairs? If you’re reading this? Don’t help my “believin’” cause none what you’re doing to this guy. Straighten up and fly right, damnit!;)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/311 "2004-06-06T19:18:23Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Considering The Number Of People > > I think it would be best if everybody were to wear a tag signifying whether they are single, in a commited relationship, or in an open commited relationship, as well as giving their orientation. > > This way I, and others like me, can focus our efforts on being shot down by eligible women who are attracted to men, instead of wasting hours and such sure fire lines as "Wasn’t it Chaucer who said ‘Can I put my wang in yer hoo ha until we both yippee?’ " on married women and lesbians. So maybe this dopefest will turn into something like ChiDope, with people flashing their body parts and public make-out sessions?!? Heh, cool! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/312 "2004-06-07T01:26:57Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > So maybe this dopefest will turn into something like ChiDope, with people flashing their body parts and public make-out sessions?!? > > Heh, cool! 😃 And then we can all get called nasty names and accused of criminal dealings anonymously on that nameless anonymous journal thingy which shall not be named lest the Spirit of Don’t-Bring-It-On-The-Board get vengeful… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/313 "2004-06-08T21:18:00Z")
OK so **TTO** and I\* have made hotel reservations. Gettysburg was all booked up, so we got a room in neighboring Hanover, which is only 14 miles away. It has two queen-sized beds, which I am hoping to save for **Anita Vacation** and **OpalCat**. So you guys better make it!! 🙂 - Personal note to Ginger: no we’re not 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/314 "2004-06-09T00:29:01Z")
Which one? We’ve got a room in a Hanover hotel as well – cheapest hotel we could find that wasn’t infested and wasn’t 45 minutes away. I’ll be sending them a pound of flesh in the mail… ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/315 "2004-06-09T01:57:55Z")
I’m currently neither willing nor able (my HMO suddenly took Concerta off their formulary. The transition back to methylphenidate thrice a day has been a bumpy one. Fortunately, my doctor has written the apropriate letters and I can pick up my Concerta tomorrow.) to read 7 pages of this. How long is this thing planned for? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/316 "2004-06-09T02:47:28Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I’m currently neither willing nor able (my HMO suddenly took Concerta off their formulary. The transition back to methylphenidate thrice a day has been a bumpy one. Fortunately, my doctor has written the apropriate letters and I can pick up my Concerta tomorrow.) to read 7 pages of this. > > How long is this thing planned for? Roughly 11 AM until the park closes, I assume at dusk. Which, on June 19, will be somewhere around 9:30 PM, probably. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/317 "2004-06-09T04:19:54Z")
Ah, danke. With talk of motels and such, I had wondered if it was meant to last more than one day. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/318 "2004-06-09T10:11:56Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Ah, danke. With talk of motels and such, I had wondered if it was meant to last more than one day. Some people are talking about staying over either because of long driving distances home, or they want to do some sightseeing the following day. I don’t think there’s anything formal planned. And yes, we have the pavilion from 11 am until dusk. The Weather Channel doesn’t go up to the 19th yet, but sunset on the 18th is 8:41 pm. Robin ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/319 "2004-06-09T11:59:02Z")
I suspect that there will be plenty of attendees who stay until the very end, and normally, I might be one of them. But with a little one with us, and a 2 hour drive home, probably not. When my little girl doesn’t get enough sleep, she doesn’t make up for it by sleeping later the next morning; she’s just crabby the next day. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/320 "2004-06-09T17:09:39Z")
I need to make a slight change. In addition to sausage rolls and cheese bread, I’m bringing a gentleman. Former Doper HJay will be joining me. He writes military and science fiction and wouldn’t mind the excuse to get out to Gettysburg. He’s also **Polycarp** ’s brother in spirit, so something tells me we’re going to have some _good_ theology discussions! He’s in a short story collection called _Civil War Fantastic_, if anyone’s interested. This means I’ll be travelling with him, rather than one of the other Pittsburgh Dopers, I’m afraid. This is going to be one heck of a party! CJ 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935.md?page=17)